Place:Union, New Jersey, United States
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NameUnion
Alt namesUnionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.633°N 74.267°W
Located inNew Jersey, United States     (19 Mar 1857 - )
See alsoEssex, New Jersey, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Borough
Fanwood
Garwood
Kenilworth
Mountainside
New Providence
Roselle Park
Roselle
Cemetery
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
First Presbyterian Churchyard
Hillside Cemetery
Old Springfield Burying Ground
Census-designated place
Berkeley Heights
Clark
Cranford
Hillside
Scotch Plains
Inhabited place
Benders Corner
Crane Square
Elizabeth ( 13 Mar 1855 - )
Elizabethtown ( 1857 - )
Goodmans Crossing
Liberty Square
Linden
Madison Hill
Overlook
Plainfield
Rahway
Summit
Tremont Park
Union Village
Union
Unionburg
Westfield
Winfield
Woodland Park
Township
Berkeley Heights (township)
Clark (township)
Rahway (township)
Springfield
Union (township)
Unknown
Connecticut Farms
Elmora
Stoney Hill
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Union County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 575,345, making it the seventh-most populous of New Jersey's 21 counties. Its county seat is Elizabeth.

In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $60,089, the seventh-highest in New Jersey and ranked 152nd of 3,113 counties in the United States. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 119th-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States (and the eighth-highest in New Jersey) in 2009. A study by Forbes.com determined that Union County pays the second-highest property taxes of all U.S. counties, based on 2007 data.

With a population density of 4,955 people per square mile (water excluded), Union County was the 15th-most densely populated county in the United States as of the 2010 Census, and third-densest in New Jersey, behind Hudson County (ranked 6th nationwide at 9,754 per square mile) and Essex County (ranked 11th at 6,126).

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1857 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 27,780
1870 41,859
1880 55,571
1890 72,467
1900 99,353
1910 140,197
1920 200,157
1930 305,209
1940 328,344
1950 398,138
1960 504,255
1970 543,116
1980 504,094
1990 493,819
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Union County, New Jersey, United States

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Research Tips

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External links

www.unioncountynj.org/

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